Tag: Scotland

You do not have to know a thing about Robert Burns to enjoy the stories and photographs Andy Hall presents in Touched by Robert Burns. I think, though, that …

A skirl of bagpipes kicks off a torch light parade up Buchanan Street in Glasgow city center. The torch bearers are headed to the Royal Glasgow Concert Hall, where …

Auld Lang Syne: In Bangladesh and in parts of India, the melody is well known as the setting for a song by poet Rabindranath Tagore. Danish poet Jeppe Aakjær …

On November 30th, people in Scotland, along with those of Scottish descent and interest in such far flung places as New Zealand, Texas, and Argentina, will celebrate Saint Andrew’s …

In autumn, Highland Perthshire turns copper, red, and gold: it’s known as The Big Tree Country, and with good reason. As roads and walkways traverse mountain and valley in …

North Uist is a small island in the Western Isles of Scotland. The Atlantic Ocean crashes to the west and the waters of the Minch, which lies between the …

Emily Smith finds landscape and history, and the connections between them, endlessly inspiring for her music. That’s as true for the songs she writes herself as for the music …

The Scottish Borders and the Himalayas in India do not at first seem to have much in common. Through the imaginations of the musicians of India Alba, however, the …

Ancient stone monuments, white sand beaches, crashing seas, wildflowers — and contemporary Scottish life and work. This is life in the Outer Hebrides. Musician Julie Fowlis grew up in …

Islay is an island of in-between mythicality. Dangling on the end of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, it escapes the overwhelming tourism of Skye but has less edge-of-the-world freshness and excitement …

The Outer Hebrides sit far out from the Scottish mainland like a crust of land left by a receding tide. Stand on the Western edge of Lewis or Harris …